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STOP MOTION FOR COLORING MACHINES. No. 331,486. Paggnted Dec. 1, 1885.

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STOP MOTION FOR COLORING MAGHINBS.. No. 331,486. Patented Dec. 1, 1885..

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STOP-MOTION FUR COLORiNG MAGHiNES.

1./1-.EOIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent 310. 33l/t86, dated December 1, 1885.

Application filed March 12, 1884.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. FITZ SIMoNs, of Glarks Mills, inthe county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Stop-Motion for OoloringMachines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

' My invention relates to yarn-dyeing machines; and itconsists of mechanism whereby the snarls and knots which frequently occur in the chains of yarn will be made to stop the machine when they come to the guides, and thereby enable the attendant to unravel the snarl and prepare the chain to run freely again when the machin is set in motion, and thus prevent the breaking of the yarn, which now frequently occurs by the snarls and knots being caught and held in the guides, all as hereinafter fully described.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a dyeing machine, with a part in section, showing the application of my improved stopniotion. Fig. 2is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an elevation of an improved form of guide for the chains of yarn, with a contrivance for varying the size'of'the guideeye according to the size of the chains. Fig. 4 is a section on the broken line a: a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of my improved devices. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the line so 00' of Figs. 1 and 2. A

I will now describe my improved stop motion as applied to a yarn-dyeing machine in which the chain of yarn passes from the guarding-rolls a to the carryingrolls 1), guiderolls 0 d, guiderods e, and drawing-in and delivery rolls f, with suitable driving-gear for operating the latter rolls, and a belt-sl1ifting slide, 9, for shifting the driving-belt h on the drivingpulley i for starting the machine, and off from said driving-pulley onto the loose pulley j for stopping the machine.

The line It represents a chain of yarn being drawn into and passed through the machine to be colored, the color being applied in the box Z,and a series of chains being passed along through the machine, side by side, at once. Commonly these chains are passed through Serial No.1'233,968. (No model.)

guide-eyes located in front of the rollers a and fixed in permanent supports, which cause the chains to be torn asunder and the yarn broken by the clogging of the knots or snarls a" in the guides when the knots or snarls are too large to pass through the guides. pose in a suitable inclined frame, 0, fitted for attachment to the machine in front of the rolls a, to arrange guides wt, preferably made of cast-mctal plates, and fit the said guides to slide on rods a, passing through apertures t" in the guides, so that when the knots or snarls of the chains clog in the guides said guides will be drawn upward along the support-ingrods n, whereon they are arranged to slide freely, and at a suitable place above the guides I arrange a cranked rod, 1), in bearing-supports q, so that it is suspended low enough for the guides to touch and swing the cranked portion upward when the guides are drawn up by the knots orsnarls in the yarn chain. This cranked rod is provided withan arm, 8, at one end, which is connected by a rod, t, bell-crank a, and rod o, with the arm to of a rock-shaft, 00, having another arm, y, that is connected by a rod, 2, to the arm a of the weighted rocking and sliding shaft 9, which has an arm, 0, that is held in the notch of the bar d by the weight e when the driving-belt h is running on the driving-pulley i and the machine is Working properly. This beltshifter g has a strong coiled spring, b, arranged on it to slide it quickly when the arm 0 is swung out of the notch of bar d to throw off the belt and stop the machine.

It will be seen that the foregoing-described apparatus will effectually cause the stoppage of the machine whenever one of the guides at is forced up against the crank of rod 1) by a knot or snarl, a, of yarn. It is to be understood that a separate guide at is to be used for each chain of yarn.

I do not limit myself to the particular arrangement of connecting devices by which the cranked rod 5 is connected to the arm of the beltshifting shaft, for said shaft and cranked rod may be so arranged that they may be connected by a single connectingrod, and without the bell-crank a and the rock-shaft 00.

When the snarl causing the stoppage of themachine has been unraveled, the guide n drops back to its place, where it rests against the I therefore pro- ICO crossrod f, allowing the cranked rod p to swing back and the weight 0 to swing arm 0 up against bar (3, so that said arm will drop in the notch again when the belt-shifter g is shifted back for starting the machine and will hold the shifter until tripped again.

In order that the eyes 9 of the guides at may be varied in size to adapt them to yarnehains of different sizes, I make the guideplates double by pivoting another plate, h, to one side of it, said plate h also having an eye corresponding to eye g and being coincident with it when the plate h is properly set thereon, but adapted to contract the opening for the passage of the yarn-chains when the plate h is shifted on its pivot t" and set by a bolt, j, fitted through a slot of said plate h for the purpose. The contrivance for varying the size of the opening through the guides for the yarn-chains may of course be differently ar ranged, and I do not limit myself to the particular means here shown for ettecting the same. The pressure of the driving-rolls) is regulated by weights placed on the platform It, and said rolls f wring the coloring liquor from the yarn-chains before they leave the box Z.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The guide m, for each chain of yarn and inclined ways a, in combination with the cranked rod 19, having arms 8, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination,with a yarndyeingmachine, of the inclined rods 12, the guides m,the

cranked rod 19, having arms sjournaled above said ways, the beltshifter g, notched bar (1, arm-c, and suitable connections from the rod 2; to the bar 0, substantially as shown and described. 4

3. The guides m, inclined way a, cranked rod 1), arm 8, connecting-rod t, bell-crank u,

connecting-rod 1), arms to and 9 rock-shaft w, connecting-rod 2, arm a, belt-shifter 9, arm 0, and notched bar 61, combined and arranged substantially as described.

at. The combination, with the weighted and sliding belt-shifter 9, having arms a, notched holding-bar d, cranked rod 2), having arms .9 and suitable connections, substantially as described, between the arms 0 and s, of the guides on, and inclined ways a, as set forth.

5. The combination, with the cranked rod p and inclined ways a, of guide m, having eye 9, and provided with the pivoted plate h, having a corresponding eye, substantially as shown and described.

6. The guides m, having meansfor varying the size of the opening of eyes 9 for the yarnchains, in combination with the inclined supporting-ways a and the cranked trippingrod 19, substantially as described.

7. The guides m, having an eye, 9, and a pivoted plate, It, having a corresponding eye, in combination with the bolt j, substantially as described.

FRANK P. FITZ SIMONS.

\Vitnesses:

J AMES E. hICJCABE, CHAS. S. FITZ SiMoNs. 

